The Administration Bureau includes
clerical support for case processing and secretarial support for
prosecutions, fiscal services, personnel administration, information
technology services which includes technical production of courtroom
exhibits, facilities management, grants administration and statistical
reporting.

Facts about the
District Attorney’s Office

Staffing

The department has a total of 90 staff members made up of
attorneys, investigators, secretaries and clerks, information systems staff
and administrative staff. In addition, the office provides internships for
students from local high schools, Butte College, Chico State University, Cal
Northern School of Law and other California law schools. The 90 staff
members are allocated to the criminal prosecution division, the child
abduction and recovery unit, fraud investigations for Department of Social
Services, cash aid programs and Child Support Services Department financial
support and medical coverage programs.

Budgets

The department’s total expenditure
budget is $9,947,133 which is offset by revenue from state subventions,
state mandated program support and grants in the amount of $2,423,394.

Efficiency and Cost Savings

The department is continually reviewing
expenditures and operational practices to find cost savings.Some of the cost savings measures have
called for technology enhancements and others are as simple as at home,
“turn off the lights when you leave a room”.A few of the recent changes which resulted
in real savings are:filling vacancies with retired annuitants,
saving on training and benefit costs, acquiring the services of
volunteer attorneys, substantial reductions in fuel costs, negotiating
lower prices charged on contracts, an automated file tracking system
which paid for itself in savings of labor costs and significant
reductions in duplication of information gathering and processingby use of electronic transfer of data from
other county criminal justice partners.